SoniaFriedman

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As the lead producer (with Colin Callender) of the two-part “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” Friedman has a live-theater smash on her hands that approaches “Hamilton” in profitability and potential. But that’s far from the only show on her plate: She is one of the busiest producers working in London and New York today, with a taste for ambitious new work — the U.S. transfers of Jez Butterworth’s buzzy play “The Ferryman” and James Graham’s “Ink,” a look at the Murdoch empire, as well as must-see revivals such as the “Richard III/Twelfth Night” double bill that played Broadway a few seasons ago. She has branched into TV, too, with starry adaptations such as the BBC’s “Wolf Hall” and “King Lear,” with Anthony Hopkins.

News from Variety

Having scooped awards for its West End and Broadway runs, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” will premiere in Germany in 2020, marking the first non-English-language production of the hit play.“Harry Potter und das Verwunschene Kind” will open in Hamburg at the Mehr! Theater am Gossmarkt. The venue will get a large-scale redesign starting May 2019 and the play will premiere the following spring.“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is based on a story from Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling,...